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German President Dissolves Parliament

14:36, Friday, 27 December, 2024
German President Dissolves Parliament

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier dissolved parliament and set the country’s snap election for Feb. 23, formally endorsing a timetable proposed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz after he pulled the plug on his ruling coalition last month.

Social Democrat Scholz ended his three-party alliance with the Greens and Free Democrats when he sacked FDP Finance Minister Christian Lindner in a dispute over government borrowing.

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